Unification fight with Joshua or Usyk could ensure Tyson Fury's retirement U-turn 

While Tyson Fury was talking of retirement and the occasional exhibition, a more likely assessment of his future was delivered by his wife Paris in the small hours at Wembley on Sunday morning.

If there is to be one more fight, she said, then it would be the encounter the whole of boxing is itching to see, which is for Fury to face the winner of Nigeria born Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk for all of the heavyweight belts.

That would go against Fury's stated desire for a clean break from boxing in the wake of his sixth-round knockout of Dillian Whyte.

But as ever with Fury, the WBC world champion, words are best taken with handfuls of salt, and perhaps more so when they are delivered in a press conference he attended in only a pair of underpants.

His wife was more believable when she left the door open to a comeback, saying: 'He does not need to be any more famous. We're very blessed and lucky not to need any more money. I mean the man has done everything he can do. 

Fury won after a sixth-round knockout of Dillian Whyte in front of a European record of 94,000 fans

'I know that in my heart the only reason Tyson would come back is for a unification fight as he has nothing left to prove. To keep boxing on, there's nothing there for him.'

That fight could be in motion before the end of the summer, with Usyk and Joshua due to stage their rematch for the WBA, IBF and WBO titles in June or July.

Talks are ongoing to finalise that Usyk-Joshua showdown, with Saudi Arabia the leading contender to stage the bout on a list that is also understood to include Qatar, Abu Dhabi, the US and London.